The final entry deadline has passed – the submission site is now closed!

Good Luck to all 2018 entrants! Notifications will be made in mid-April 2018.

HOW TO ENTER DIVISIONS 1, 2 and 3

There are two key elements to your entry: the work plan and the work sample.

The work plan is an executive summary of your communication strategy. It can be no more than four pages. Edit your plan to ensure it’s clear and concise. Bullets, tables and lists might help you with saving space.

If you’re entering the same program or elements of the program in multiple categories, be sure to tailor your work plan so it fits each category.

Discuss any challenges that you faced during planning and execution, and demonstrate collaboration with stakeholders, if appropriate.

Provide measurable, meaningful results that are aligned with your stated objectives and audience and business needs.

Ensure your work plan references your work sample and assists the evaluators to navigate through your entry and find the examples that best illustrate your work.

The work sample is the supporting material that illustrates how you planned and implemented your communication program. It can include video and audio files, Word documents, PDFs, magazines, brochures and website links. Your work sample should represent the full scope of your work—evaluators are looking for actual, real examples of the work you did. However, bear in mind that evaluators have limited time to review your submission. A well-organized work sample that demonstrates the best of your efforts will score higher than an overwhelming number of items that evaluators can’t sort through.

Organize and condense your work sample to showcase a representative overview of your project. Pick examples (clips, photos, etc.) that best support your work plan and represent your strategy. Be creative in demonstrating how the elements of your work sample are aligned with the business needs and audience preferences.

Please also keep in mind that large files are difficult to upload and download, so please condense the file size as much as possible. The maximum file size is 2 GB.

HOW TO ENTER DIVISION 4

You do not need to complete a detailed work plan for the Communication Skills division. Instead, you will need to complete a brief entry form on the awards entry website and submit it along with your work sample. Each question has limited character counts for responses. The work sample should represent the full scope of your work.